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Monday, November 11, 2013

Veteran's Day

I've posted this picture before. My son is front-right and is still active military.

When he left to join the military everyone was surprised. His college was paid for in full, and he had a real estate license in south Florida, when real estate was lucrative. He was doing fantastic. But he felt the need to do/be something else, and he chose instead to serve in the military.

My husband is a veteran who served a good deal of his time overseas. Many members of our family, on both sides, are veterans as well.

In our house, we respect and appreciate those who are serving, and those who have served. God bless our troops.

Is it Veterans Day when they've always sold the poppies. I used to have to sell both.... the regular one and the Buddy Poppy from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. My father was active in all Veteran organizations and enlisted everyone in the family to sell poppies. We would always see who could sell the most. Thank your son for serving.

Wonderful picture and tribute. God bless our troops and couldn't agree more, because my dad served during Vietnam and my grandfather in WWII. So, I am so very proud of them and definitely honored to say this.

I did not know your son is in the military! I thank him for his service and his sacrifice for what he does every day! I thank all military members past and present who gave up their lives and are in harms way now. God Bless you and your wonderful family for your service!!

Hi Rosey .. that's great that he decided he needed to do something for his country .. good for him - and your photo of him is wonderful, though a very sad delivery for a family, yet done with honour through your son.

My dear friend, I'm so honored to say those words to you today. Not only is your family giving to those in your close circle but also to those unknown and never seen faces around the country by the service they have given and keep giving to preserve our freedom To your husband, thank you for his service and to your son, Thank You for what he's still doing for all of us! May God Bless, Protects and keeps His Watchful Eye over your son and his fellow military brothers and sisters. You are a great family and you my friend, a very brave mom! Hugs, Lizy

May God bless and keep all our vets and active personnel safe. There is no thanks strong enough that we can give them for defending our country and liberty for us and ours. My father was a proud veteran of WW II in the Pacific. Happy Veteran's Day to all!!!! scain54 (at) aol (dot) com

Much love and respect to your son! And thank you to him and his service!! we are former military family ourselves. I have uncles, cousins, 2 nephews all serving or served in the military. My husband was active duty Army for 5 years, where she spent most of that deployed in Iraq while I was living in Germany with our kids.

We cherish this day for our own family and all those who are sacrificing for our country. No better hero!

You must be so proud of your son. My son is an air cadet and often talks about a career in the RCAF (we are Canadian). I secretly hope he does something else but I admire him for wanting to serve his country.

It is amazing that you son joined our troops with such a great life set for him. I applaud him on his bravery. I have had the pleasure of growing up in Manhattan, KS which is just a few minutes away from Ft. Riley and have known many soldiers, some even friends. It takes a strong person to give themselves. Thank you for sharing your son's photo today.

Tell your husband and other relatives thank you. My husband is also a veteran and served overseas. This is the first year in a long time we are not together today because he is out of town on business. I wish he were here.

Amazing of your son and you husband - today here is Remembrance Day though we a lot of parades and services on the nearest Sunday to the 11th as a child I called it Poppy Day as we would all wear Poppys.

The local army base has wild Poppys growing outside it - it was makes me smile when I see them and think of all those who have and still do fight for our freedoms. x

All men and women who have served or are now serving our country need all our full support and prays. I want to thank each and everyone of them - those I know and those I dont know. God bless each of you.

Hi Rosey,I'm so glad that the first picture of your son in uniform that I saw was not this one, but the one of him and his daughter. This picture is quite the [sad] reality of what our service men and women and their families face in the name of serving and securing our country. Thank you to him and all of you. I come from a family of service members and can appreciate what they do. I was unable to serve due to a medical condition, but I respect and honor those that do serve.